Tutoring Scam on CL

To make it quick. I responded to an ad for a local tutor and was messaged weeks later by someone who claims to have a child visit the US as an exchange student. I had doubts from the beginning but kept probing to see what the whole deal was. After many more email exchanges spanning over a month, I get to the point where there is a check that is being mailed to pay in advance for fees and that leftover is to be sent via Moneygram to one of the cronies. The check is on its way and I will do my best to gather as much information as possible to help others in a similar situation. Sadly, I messed up by giving them my contact information, don't what they can do with my name,phone number and home address. The only information I was given so far is the following:

email of the scammer: [email protected] under the name Foster Fabio

-MoneyGram recipient-
Name : Terrance M Bell
Address : 5255 Manhattan Rd. Jackson MS 39206

Edit #1: After some more researching, I found that this person was already reported on other sites under the email [email protected] http://www.youreittoday.com/scammer.php ... rid=582181

First, if the fake check came in the US Mail, report it to your US Postal Inspector's office. Here is the online form :
http://ehome.uspis.gov/fcsexternal/default.aspx or locate your nearest office, make copies of everything, and hand the USPI the originals. Find your local office here ; http://locator.uspis.gov/locator/ and above all else, do not cash or attempt to cash or deposit the fake check

Secondly, chances are good the scammer can't do anything with the information of yours he has. If you want to be real safe ( and its not a bad idea), go to https://www.google.com/alerts , set up alerts for your information you are worried about. Be sure to enclose the information in "quotes", ergo "123 main street, city, State, Zip" , "phone #" , "First name Last name" , "Last name, First name" , etc, etc. Create a separate alert for each information.

Thanks a lot for the information. I feel at ease now about my contact information and will definitely do what you suggested with the check. Thanks a lot!